Golden Grain Energy LLC has reached a new milestone, with 1 billion gallons of ethanol produced. The 120 MMgy plant, located in Mason City, Iowa, broke ground in 2003. Members of the ethanol industry have spoken out to applaud the achievement.
Valicor Separation Technologies LLC and Purina Animal Nutrition LLC have signed a letter of intent to work together on developing a high protein coproduct market. This move compliments the company's Valicor Stillage Fractionation Technology.
A consortium of organizations from the recreational marine industry have completed more than four years of testing on Gevo Inc.'s renewable isobutanol. Results show isobutanol blends of up to 16.1 percent can be successfully used in marine engines.
Murphy USA Inc. has announced plans to bring E15 to consumers in the suburbs of Chicago and Houston this year. According to the company, the decision to expand E15 availability was made after several successful introductions of E15 in Iowa.
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The Washington Department of Ecology recently published a discussion document to jumpstart dialogue on a potential rulemaking for a state clean fuel standard. The program would be similar to the California and Oregon low carbon fuel standards.
Ascendant Partners Inc. has announced the addition of Lincolnland Agri-Energy and Western Plains Energy to the ethanol performance improvement initiative, which is a group of independent ethanol companies that seek to improve shareholder value.
The USDA has released new 10-year projections for the food and agricultural sector, reporting that approximately 35 percent of total corn use is projected to go to ethanol production through 2024.
Bio-Process Innovation Inc. has announced the completion of the construction of its 1-ton pilot plant and successful operation of its low temperature steep delignification (LTSD) pretreatment process at its facility in Otterbein, Indiana.
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels' commercial activities will be moving forward under the leadership of the joint venture's first president, Dan Cummings. He joins Poet-DSM after serving as president and director of INEOS New Planet BioEnergy.
The International Renewable Energy Agency has published a report that highlights the realistic potential for higher renewable uptake in all sectors of the U.S. energy system, including power, industry, building and the transportation sector.
The Andersons Inc. reported record earnings in 2014 with the ethanol group delivering full-year operating income of $92.3 million, far exceeding its prior best year of $40.6 million. The company also achieved record ethanol production and yields.
The Canadian industry has innovative producers pursuing the opportunities in the broader bioeconomy, writes Andrea Kent of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. Canada is well positioned to become a leader in advanced biofuels and bioproducts.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the February issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, reporting ethanol production is expected to average 938,000 barrels per day this year, increasing to 936,000 barrels per day next year.
EPM's Spotlight on Illinois also includes information about work at a research center in that state. The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center opened its doors in 2003.
EPM's Spotlight on Illinois digs into the details of the state's past and present ethanol industry, including efforts to write a book about the history of the ethanol industry as a whole. The author is a professor at an Illinois university.
Some of the most influential players in gaining federal support for the early ethanol industry have roots in the Land of Lincoln.
Algenol has closed on a $25 million dollar investment from BioFields, a Mexican business group devoted to the development of renewable and clean energy projects. This new investment follows a $40 million investment made by BioFields last year.
Valicor Inc. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a patent that covers the extraction of protein from corn ethanol stillage and is designed to help ethanol producers maximize their coproduct recovery and value.
Ten more corn ethanol plants were approved through the U.S. EPA's efficient producer petition process (EP3) at the end of January, bringing the total to 19. The first round of nine approvals were announced in December.
USDA put a number to a projected increase in ethanol use in its Feb. 10, supply/demand report. Based on the higher forecasts for 2015 gasoline consumption, the USDA raised expected corn use for ethanol production by 75 million bushels.
Blume Distillation LLC just doubled its Series B capitalization with a $1 million capital infusion from cleantech seed and venture capital fund Climate Change Investigation, Innovation and Investment Co.
On Feb. 10, the USDA hosted a media call announcing more than $280 million is being made available to eligible applicants through the Rural Energy for America Program. Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted recent improvements made to REAP.
ICM Inc. has announced that Kansas Ethanol LLC, of Lyons, Kansas, has signed an agreement for purchase, license to operate, and full-scale installation of ICM's patent-pending Fiber Separation Technology.
European-based CropEnergies AG has announced revenues of EUR 626 million ($710.42 million) for the first nine months of fiscal year 2014/2015, up 9.4 percent from EUR 573 million in revenue reported for the same period of the prior year.
U.S. ethanol exports hit 836 million gallons in 2014, 6 percent of the total 14.3 billion gallons produced nationwide. According to the Renewable Fuels Association, the 2014 export volume is second only to the 1.19 billion gallons exported in 2011.
In 2014, Green Plains Inc. produced a record 966 million gallons of ethanol, processed 10 million tons of corn and earned more than $100 million in non-ethanol operating income, and is close to meeting its goal of having zero net term debt.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials has opened a 60-day comment period on a revision of the RSB Principles & Criteria. Comments gathered will inform discussions among RSB members over the forthcoming Version 3.0 of the P&Cs.
The efficient production of both biofuel and animal feed from one crop is now possible, and can be done on a farm without the need for off-site processes. The process is known as solid-state fermentation.
Syngenta has released 2014 financial results, reporting integrated sales were up 6 percent last year at constant exchange rates, while fourth quarter sales were up 12 percent. EBITDA was $2.9 billion, up 1 percent from 2013.
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